IS HERMAN CAIN THE GOP'S "MAGICAL NEGRO"?

WIKI:

The Magical Negro or magical African-American friend, is a supporting stock character in American cinema, who, by use of special insight or powers, helps the white protagonist.^[1]

African-American filmmaker Spike Lee popularized the term

HMMM:

SKEPTICAL EYE: Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Herman Cain...Magic Negro?

Posted by Nikk Jakson

...some Republicans have decided that they need a "magic negro" of their own. After all, what could counteract the uplifting post-racial appeal of the first half-black, half-American president so well as a presidential candidate who is an authentic American black man, with no unsettling questions about his birth, his Social Security number, his college records, his religion and even his name?

I WONDER WHAT RUSH THINKS ABOUT THS?



THIS IS THE ARTICLE THAT STARTED THE WHOLE MAGIC NEGRO THING:

Obama the 'Magic Negro'

The Illinois senator lends himself to white America's idealized, less-than-real black man.

By David Ehrenstein
L.A.-based DAVID EHRENSTEIN writes about Hollywood and politics.